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1. A BUSINESS MACHINE, COMPRISING AMOUNT POSTING MEANS, CONTROL KEY MEANS FOR INITIATING A MACHINE RUN TO ENTER AN AMOUNT TENDERED, COMPUTER MEANS SELECTIVELY OPERABLE IN AN ADDITIVE AND SUBTRACTIVE SENSE, TRANSFER MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID AMOUNT POSTING MEANS WITH SAID COMPUTER MEANS AND SELECTIVELY CONTROLLABLE BY SAID CONTROL KEY MEANS FOR ENTERING INTO SAID COMPUTER MEANS RESPECTIVE AMOUNTS POSTED BY SAID AMOUNT POSTING MEANS; SELECTIVELY ACTUABLE AUTOMATIC MACHINE RUN CONTROL AND RELEASE MEANS INCLUDING ADDING MECHANISM SELECTOR MEMBERS UNDER CONTROL BY SAID CONTROL KEY MEANS FOR SETTING SAID COMPUTER MEANS, A DIFFERENTIAL MECHANISM HAVNG A MODE SWITCHING BANK SLIDER MEMBER, ROTATABLE CONTROL CAM MEANS ARRESTABLE AT VARIABLE SET POSITIONS AT THE END OF RESPECTIVE MACHINE RUNS AND OPERABLY SAID DIFFERENTIAL MECHANISM SO AS TO BE ROTATED THEREBY AN SAID DIFFERENTIAL MECHANISM SO AS TO BE ROTATED THEREBY AN AMOUNT DETERMINATIVE OF ONE OF SAID VARIABLE SET POSITIONS, SAID ROTATABLE CONTROL CAM MEANS BEING ARRESTABLE AT SAID VARIABLE SET POSITIONS AT THE END OF RESPECTIVE MACHINE RUNS DEPENDENT UPON THE POSITION OF SAID BANK SLIDER MEMBER, MACHINE RUN MODE SELECTOR MEANS, DETENT MEANS ARRANGED FOR ARRESTING SAID CONTROL CAM MEANS IN ONE OF SAID VARIABLE SET POSITIONS, AND DISCRIMINATING RELEASE CONTROL MEANS ARRANGED FOR ADJUSTING THE POSITION OF SAID MODE SWITCHING BANK SLIDER MEMBER AND FOR CONTROLLING SAID ADDING MECHANISM SELECTOR MEMBERS AS WELL AS SAID MODE SELECTOR MEANS IN ORDER TO INITIATE A NUMBER OF SAID VARIABLE SERIES OF MACHINE RUNS, SAID NUMBER BEING AT LEAST ONE MACHINE RUN AND BEING DETERMINED BY THE ARRESTED POSITION OF SAID CONTROL CAM MEANS AS SET BY A PRECEDING MACHINE RUN. 